English Dictionary: languor | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See Languish.] 1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity. 2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.] Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 40). 3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. [bd] German dreams, Italian languors.[b8] --The Century. Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness. |